The Pat Kenny Show
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Aug 22, 2025 • 20min
'A Deadly Marriage' by author and producer Brian Carroll
Molly Martens and her father made international headlines when they beat Molly’s Irish husband Jason Corbett to death in his own home. 'A Deadly Marriage' the true story of Corbett’s killing and the aftermath. It's Author Brian Carroll joined Pat this morning.
Aug 22, 2025 • 16min
Guidance counsellor Brian Mooney on leaving cert results day
The anticipation of receiving your leaving cert results is stressful, and the results themselves can be disappointing, especially if you hold yourself to a high standard. Adding to the pressure is the fact that grades have been “deflated” post-Covid, which will impact deferrals. We get all the detail and advice from Brian Mooney Guidance counsellor and columnist with The Irish Times.
Aug 22, 2025 • 14min
Dating in your 30's
Dating in your 30s is a brave new world from online and apps, to ghosting and meeting someone in a bar. Never mind those, but maybe you have a kid, a mortgage and any of the other regular pressures of being an adult. All to chat with comedian Stephen Mullan.
Aug 22, 2025 • 13min
Benjamin Netanyahu orders new assault on Gaza city
The UN-backed agency responsible for monitoring world hunger is today expected to declare a famine in Gaza City. The declaration comes as the Israeli cabinet approves a full offensive on the city. We get the latest on the situation there with Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics.
Aug 22, 2025 • 11min
A call for school bus driver age limit to be relaxed
Bus Eireann have been urged to relax its retirement age limit for drivers to accommodate more children on school buses. Bus Eireann have mandated that all drivers must retire by 70. Pat discusses this further with Sean Canney, Minister of state with responsibility for international and road transport, logistics, rail and ports.
Aug 21, 2025 • 10min
A weird history of technological conspiracy theories
Windfarms, microwaves, and electric lights, we hear weird history of technological conspiracy theories. David Robert Grimes author and disinformation expert tells us all.
Aug 21, 2025 • 9min
Are you a screen snooper at work?
According to a new survey, more than one third of Irish employees have actively looked for private information about their colleagues or customers in the last year including information about their salary, home address and age. All to discuss with Mary Connaughton, Director of CIPD.
Aug 21, 2025 • 14min
Fergus Finlay disappointed Labour is backing Catherine Connolly for President
Labour Party grandee Fergus Finlay asked permission to run for president from the party’s leader Ivana Bacik. Instead, his party has chosen to support Catherine Connolly. It isn’t the first time he’s lost out on the nomination. Fergus spoke to Pat this morning on the show.
Aug 21, 2025 • 8min
Boxed with John Fardy features 'Stick' starring Owen Wilson
Apple TV+ American sports comedy TV series Stick starring Owen Wilson as a former professional golfer features in this weeks Boxed with John Fardy.
Aug 21, 2025 • 12min
The pioneering tennis star that was Althea Gibson
“The final tennis Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is getting underway this week at Flushing Meadows in New York. This year marked the 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe for whom the main tennis stadium in Flushing is named winning the Wimbledon men’s singles title. But it’s also 75 years this very week since the first African-American player was allowed enter the US Open Althea Gibson. To tell us more about this pioneering tennis star, is Cameron Hill from Off The Ball.
